Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Swimming at the XV Paralympic Games

Paralympic swimming

Swimming at the 2016 Paralympic Games will be held from 8 to 17 September 2016 at Rio Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The competition consists of 152 events, across multiple classifications, and all swum in a long course (50-metre) pool. Up to 600 swimmers (340 males, 260 females) will compete in the Games. With 152 events, swimming comes second only to athletics as the largest sport at the 2016 Games.

Qualification

Further information: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Events

152 events over two genders (with one mixed relay), across 14 classification and four strokes will be contested during the Games. Below is a summary of the events that will be contested at the 2016 Games :

Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Events (152)

Classification → Event ↓	Motor and physical impairments										Visual impairments			ID
	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	S11	S12	S13	S14
	SB1	SB2	SB3	SB4	SB5	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9	SB10	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
	SM1	SM2	SM3	SM4	SM5	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10	SM11	SM12	SM13	SM14
	Freestyle
50 metre freestyle			●	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o
100 metre freestyle			●	●	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o		● - o
200 metre freestyle		●	●	●	● - o									● - o
400 metre freestyle						● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o		● - o
	Backstroke
50 metre backstroke	●	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o
100 metre backstroke	●	● - o				● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o
	Butterfly
50 metre butterfly					● - o	● - o	● - o
100 metre butterfly								● - o	● - o	● - o	●		● - o
	Breaststroke
50 metre breaststroke		●	● - o
100 metre breaststroke				● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o		● - o	●	● - o	● - o
	Medley
150 metre Individual Medley			●	● - o
200 metre individual medley					o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o	● - o		● - o	● - o
	Relays
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 34 points	●●●● - oooo
4 × 100 metre medley relay 34 points	●●●● - oooo
4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 20 points	●o●o

Key:

• ID : Intellectual impairments
• S : Freestyle, butterfly and backstroke classification -
• SB : breaststroke classification -
• SM : Medley classification
• ● : men's event in this classification -
• o : women's event in this classification
• ●●●● : men's relay event across these classifications -
• oooo : women's relay event across these classifications
• ●o●o : mixed relay event across these classifications

Event schedule

The schedule for the swimming events in the 2016 Summer Paralympics is set out below; in all cases, heats in each event shall be held in the morning, and the finals and victory ceremonies of the events shall be held on the evenings of the same day

Date	Men's events	Women's events
8 September	Men's 100 metre backstroke S6 Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB9 Men's 100 metre freestyle S4 Men's 100 metre backstroke S14 Men's 100 metre butterfly S13 Men's 200 metre freestyle S5 Men's 100 metre backstroke S7	Women's 100 metre backstroke S7 Women's 100 metre backstroke S6 Women's 400 metre freestyle S8 Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB9 Women's 100 metre freestyle S3 Women's 100 metre backstroke S14 Women's 100 metre butterfly S13 Women's 200 metre freestyle S5
9 September	Men's 100m Backstroke S1 Men's 100m Backstroke S2 Men's 50m Freesyle S7 Men's 50m Butterfly S6 Men's 50m Freestyle S10 Men's 100m Backstroke S11 Men's 400m Freestyle S9 Men's 100m Butterfly S8	Women's 100m Backstroke S2 Women's 50m Freesyle S7 Women's 50m Butterfly S6 Women's 50m Freestyle S10 Women's 100m Backstroke S11 Women's 400m Freestyle S9 Women's 100m Butterfly S8
	Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20 points
10 September	Men's 100m Breaststroke SB7 Men's 50m Freestyle S6 Men's 50m Butterfly S5 Men's 50m Backstroke S3 Men's 200m Ind. Medley SM13 Men's 100m Backstroke S10 Men's 400m Freestyle S11	Women's 100m Breaststroke SB7 Women's 50m Freestyle S6 Women's 50m Butterfly S5 Women's 50m Backstroke S3 Women's 200m Ind. Medley SM13 Women's 100m Backstroke S10 Women's 400m Freestyle S11
11 September	Men's 100m Breaststroke SB5 Men's 200m IM SM9 Men's 100m Breaststroke SB13 Men's 200m Freestyle S14 Men's 200m Ind. Medley SM10 Men's 100m Freestyle S8 Men's 100m Breaststroke SB4 Men's 200m Freestyle S2	Women's 100m Breaststroke SB5 Women's 200m IM SM9 Women's 100m Breaststroke SB13 Women's 200m Freestyle S14 Women's 200m Ind. Medley SM10 Women's 100m Freestyle S8 Women's 100m Breaststroke SB4
12 September	Men's 400m Freestyle S13 Men's 150m Ind. Medley SM4 Men's 50m Freestyle S11 Men's 100m Butterfly S10 Men's 100m Freestyle S9 Men's 200m Ind. Medley SM6 Men's 50m Butterfly S7 Men's 50m Freestyle S5	Women's 400m Freestyle S13 Women's 150m Ind. Medley SM4 Women's 50m Freestyle S11 Women's 100m Butterfly S10 Women's 100m Freestyle S9 Women's 200m Ind. Medley SM6 Women's 50m Butterfly S7 Women's 50m Freestyle S5
13 September	Men's 400m Freestyle S6 Men's 200m Ind. Medley SM7 Men's 100m Freestyle S10 Men's 100m Breaststroke SB11 Men's 100m Breaststroke SB12 Men's 100m Breaststroke S8 Men's 50m Freestyle S9 Men's 50m Freesyle S3 Men's 200m Freestyle S4	Women's 400m Freestyle S6 Women's 200m Ind. Medley SM7 Women's 100m Freestyle S10 Women's 100m Breaststroke SB11 Women's 100m Breaststroke S8 Women's 50m Freestyle S9
14 September	Men's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Men's 400m Freestyle S7 Men's 100m Breaststroke SB14 Men's 100m Backstroke S12 Men's 100m Butterfly S11 Men's 50m Breaststroke SB2 Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3 Men's 50m Freestyle S13 Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 34 points	Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Women's 400m Freestyle S7 Women's 100m Breaststroke SB14 Women's 100m Backstroke S12 Women's 50m Breaststroke SB3 Women's 50m Freestyle S13
15 September	Men's 100m Butterfly S9 Men's 100m Breaststroke SB6 Men's 400m Freestyle S10 Men's 200m Freestyle S3 Men's 100m Freestyle S11 Men's 50m Backstroke S1 Men's 50m Backstroke S2	Women's 100m Butterfly S9 Women's 100m Breaststroke SB6 Women's 400m Freestyle S10 Women's 200m Ind. Medley SM5 Women's 100m Freestyle S11 Women's 50m Backstroke S2 Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 34 points
16 September	Men's 100m Freestyle S7 Men's 100m Backstroke S9 Men's 50m Freestyle S8 Men's 50m Backstroke S4 Men's 200m Ind. Medley SM11 Men's 100m Freestyle S13 Men's 50m Backstroke S5 Men's 150m Ind. Medley SM3	Women's 100m Freestyle S7 Women's 100m Backstroke S9 Women's 50m Freestyle S8 Women's 50m Backstroke S4 Women's 200m Ind. Medley SM11 Women's 100m Freestyle S13 Women's 50m Backstroke S5 Women's 4x100m Medley Relay 34 points
17 September	Men's 100m Freestyle S6 Men's 200m Ind. Medley SM8 Men's 50m Freestyle S4 Men's 100m Backstroke S13 Men's 100m Freestyle S5 Men's 200m Ind. Medley SM14 Men's 4x100m Medley Relay 34 points	Women's 100m Freestyle S6 Women's 200m Ind. Medley SM8 Women's 50m Freestyle S4 Women's 100m Backstroke S13 Women's 100m Freestyle S5 Women's 200m Ind. Medley SM14

Medal summary

Medal table

2016 Summer Paralympics Swimming medal table

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0